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ID: 7007962
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007962
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mouscron (inhabited place)  Mouscron (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 44 42 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.7450  decimal degrees
Long: 003 12 23 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.2064  decimal degrees

Note: The town in Hainaut province of eastern Belgium is located on the Belgian-French border, across from Tourcoing, France. Its economy is driven by textile manufacture. It is noted for the Church of St. Bartholomew, built in the 15th century and subject of several restorations. The 2003 estimated population was 52,400.

Names:
Mouscron (preferred,C,V,French,U,N)
Moeskroen (C,V,Flemish,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Belgium (nation)  ........  Belgium (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Wallonia (region (administrative division))  ............  Wallonia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Hainaut, Province de (province)  ................  Hainaut, Province de (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Mouscron (inhabited place)  ....................  Mouscron (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Moeskroen..........  [BHA, VP]
....................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Mouscron..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 379
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 133
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 379
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1965838
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 133
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) "Mouscron" accessed 3 September, 2003

 

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